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13 NONPROFITS RECEIVE $338,825 IN FUNDING Thirteen local nonprofit organizations have been awarded $338,825 to help them continue addressing challenges created by COVID-19. The funding is part of a $5 million American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 grant the Town of Hilton Head Island received. Grant recipients in the first round include: Hilton Head Island Recreation Association, $6,250; Lowcountry Legal Volunteers, $22,125; Meals-on-Wheels, Bluffton-Hilton Head, $20,000; Memory Matters, $15,000; Mental Health America of Beaufort/Jasper, $24,000; Native Island Business & Community Affairs Association, $50,000; Programs for Exceptional People, $15,000; Sandalwood Community Food Pantry, $50,000; Second Helpings, $25,000; Society of St. Vincent de Paul Holy Family Conference, $20,000; The Children’s Center, $22,700; The Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project, $50,000; and The Hunger Coalition of the Lowcountry, $18,750. 30 // H I LT O N H E A D M O N T H LY. C O M
BURNT CHURCH DISTILLERY ANNOUNCES 2022 CHARITABLE PARTNERS Watterson Brands has announced the 2022 Burnt Church Distillery Charitable Partners: Meals-On-Wheels (January), Real Champions (February), SOAR Special Olympics (March), Hopeful Horizons (April), YoungLife (May), Lowcountry Legacy Fund (June), Vantage Point (July), Bluffton Self Help (August), Pockets Full of Sunshine (September), Empower (October), Humane Society (November) and Family Promise (December). Fo r a s c h e d u l e o f e v e n t s , v i s i t burntchurchdistillery.com/events. Since opening in 2021, Burnt Church Distillery has offered monthly giveback opportunities, in addition to charitable collaborations with Watterson Brands’ portfolio of venues and the ongoing initiative, Watterson Means Good, and the Lowcountry Legacy Fund. Through Help4Hope, Watterson Means Good distributed, among other
contributions, $186,550 to restaurants to reimburse them for serving 14,924 free meals to those affected by the pandemic in 2020. The 2023 grant cycle applications will open Aug. 31. NURSE RETENTION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FIRST WINNERS The South Carolina Nurse Retention Scholarship, an initiative to attract and retain recent BSN graduate nurses who continue to work in Beaufort County, announced the first four scholarship winners: Lauren Londono of Beaufort, who works as a circulating nurse in the main operating room at Beaufort Memorial Hospital; Krystal Maldonado of Beaufort, who is a registered nurse at Hilton Head Dermatology; Maria Novoa, a Bluffton resident, is a registered nurse at Hilton Head Hospital; and Erika Thalacker, Beaufort, who works as a registered nurse for Beaufort-JasperHampton Comprehensive Health Service at
